Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) left open the possibility of enabling President-elect Trump to appoint his Cabinet by recess appointment, bypassing the need for approval from the Senate.

“We’ll evaluate that at the appropriate time, and we’ll make the appropriate decision. There may be a function for that, we’ll have to see how it plays out,” Johnson said when asked about whether he would support recess appointments on “Fox News Sunday.”

Discussion of appointing Trump nominees by recess appointment has ticked up in wake of Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks,like former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-La.), Tulsi Gabbard, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which sent shockwaves through Washington. It is not clear whether those picks would get support from a majority of the........

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